Treated as a head of state, the Aga Khan was given the title of “His Highness” by Queen Elizabeth in July 1957, two weeks after his grandfather the Aga Khan III unexpectedly made him heir to ...

Prince Rahim, born on October 12 ... shortly after he unexpectedly inherited the position from his grandfather, Aga Khan III. In spite of his sometimes turbulent private life he remained ...

the Aga Khan III, unexpectedly made him heir to the family’s 1,300-year dynasty as leader of the Ismaili Muslim sect. Over decades, the late Aga Khan evolved into a business magnate and a ...

The late leader was born in Switzerland, held British citizenship, and lived in a chateau in France. The Aga Khan evolved ...

His grandfather, the Aga Khan III, skipped over other descendants in 1957 to name a successor, pointing to the need for a young man’s mind-set to meet a rapidly changing world. At the time ...

The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world's millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20 as a Harvard undergraduate, and poured a material empire built on billions of dollars in tithes ...

Born in Geneva, Switzerland, in December 1936, Prince Karim Aga Khan IV ascended to the leadership at age 20 while he was a Harvard undergraduate. He succeeded his grandfather, the Aga Khan III ...